The report highlights 14 key metropolitan areas with major industrial markets in the Central Region: Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. It looks at the interplay between the supply and demand for industrial labor in the warehouse and manufacturing sectors and the supply and demand for industrial space in the region.
Central Region Industrial Labor Report
The Central Region continues to garner national attention due to the surge in manufacturing investment activity seen over the past few years, despite normalizing industrial demand nationally. An affordable skilled workforce that is expected to outpace national growth expectations will continue to underpin the Central Region’s historically healthy industrial market fundamentals into the future.
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